Standout Fashion Highlights from Milan Design Week 2025
Milan Design Week 2025 showcased an exciting blend of art, design, and fashion, as brands unveiled innovative creations that pushed the boundaries of contemporary aesthetics.
Homeware Offerings and Collaborations
The Row marked its entry into homeware with 'Home', a collection launched at Salone during Milan Design Week. Featuring handwoven throws and a quilted blanket created with artisans in Kashmir, India, the offering was a testament to the brand's commitment to craftsmanship and cultural exchange.
Valextra collaborated with Zaven for its Salone project, recontextualizing an archival luggage piece from the 1960s into a build-it-yourself home sculpture.
Louis Vuitton revealed its 2025 home collection and Objets Nomades series during Milan Design Week, featuring designs from leading artists and special-edition pieces.
Luca Faloni partnered with Winetage to create a daybed upholstered in its exquisite brushed linen fabrics, crafted from wood that still bears the red-wine stains and aromas from years of maturing Italian vintages.
Fashion Moments and Collaborations
Fendi Casa continued its Design Miami collaboration with British designer Lewis Kemmenoe, showcasing new furniture designs such as the 'Cover' sofa, 'Twist' chair, and modular 'Later' sofa.
Dolce & Gabbana brought the verdant coastal landscapes of Sicily to Milan Design Week with Verde Maiolica, a porcelain service in green and white.
Versace reinvented its 'Harem' chair for its Milan Design Week presentation, The Versace Art of Living, with thick padded satin cushions and a large gold Medusa head.
Missoni Home opened a dedicated store in Milan during Milan Design Week 2025, featuring a special curation of its expansive home offering.
Issey Miyake unveiled 'Type-XIII Atelier Oï', the fruits of its collaborative project between the Swiss design studio Atelier Oï and A-POC Able Issey Miyake, which explores the possibilities of its iconic 'A Piece of Cloth' concept.
Tod's celebrated Made in Italy craft during Milan Design Week 2025 by releasing a limited edition of the driving shoe and unveiling a special coffee-table photography book, 'Italian Hands; Artisanal Stories From Italy'.
Experimental Installations and Fashion Shows
Standout fashion moments at Milan Design Week 2025 included bold experimental installations and innovative fashion shows that pushed boundaries between art, design, and couture. Notably:
- CC-Tapis showcased "Ways of Seeing," merging digital and traditional craftsmanship in rugs featuring geometric and organic designs by top creatives like India Mahdavi and Patricia Urquiola, reflecting a daring fusion of textile tech and art during the event.
- Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026 collections presented at the same period featured key moments such as Prada's “no concept” innovative approach, Dolce & Gabbana’s use of pajamas redefining masculinity, and Saul Nash’s “EMBRACE” collection which explored intimacy, movement, and human connection through kinetic cuts, soft fabrics, and a pastel palette.
- A notable fashion moment blurring sculpture and couture was an extraordinary piece by designer Sheetolchawla showcased separately at the Lake Como show associated with Milan’s fashion scene.
- The street style in Milan during Summer 2025 also drew attention for trendsetting outfits mixing unique Italian flair, underscoring the city's role as a style capital during the week.
These highlights collectively reflect Milan Design Week 2025’s emphasis on merging technology, art, and fashion to redefine contemporary aesthetics across installations and runway shows.
Special Events and Collaborations
The Miu Miu Literary Club opened during Salone with a modernist Miu Miu makeover, hosting panel discussions exploring the subjects of girlhood, love, and sex education.
Brioni bottled a rare fragrance called Dualité Crystal Edition Perfume in collaboration with Lalique for its Via Gesu flagship, marking Brioni's 80th anniversary.
Gucci invited seven artists to give their take on bamboo for its installation 'Gucci Bamboo Encounters' during Milan Design Week 2025.
Saint Laurent commissioned four pieces of furniture designed by Charlotte Perriand, conceived between 1943 to 1967, for its Milan Design Week installation.
Prada Frames took over the restored Gio Ponti train at Milano Centrale station for discussions on digital, global, material, and hacking infrastructures during Milan Design Week 2025.
Dior Maison worked with French artist Sam Baron to expand its 'Ode To Nature' collection with three one-metre-high glass vases, each depicting its own garden of intertwining branches, petals, and foliage.
Loewe presented 'Loewe Teapots', featuring 25 different interpretations of the teapot by 25 international artists, marking its ninth craft exhibition during Milan Design Week 2025.
Armani Casa unveiled its new homewares collection 'Oriental Inks' at its Milan flagship, featuring exquisite silk and beaded embroidery and gold-leaf appliqué depicting bamboo, dragons, and jungle landscapes.
Hermès presented its latest home collections in Milan, including the 'Contrepoint Dinner Service' by Nigel Peake and Pivot D'Hermès side table by Tomás Alonso, in a brilliant-white box designed by Charlotte Macaux Perelman.
Loewe's 'sonic experience' called 'Friendly Pressure: Studio One' was a week-long programme of events at Milan Design Week 2025, focusing on the textures of sound and inspired by Carlo Scarpa.
In conclusion, Milan Design Week 2025 delivered an exciting and innovative fusion of art, design, and fashion, offering visitors a unique and immersive experience.
- Louis Vuitton's 2025 home collection and Objets Nomades series, featuring designs from leading artists and special-edition pieces, were showcased at Milan Design Week, expanding their lifestyle offerings beyond fashion.
- The Miu Miu Literary Club opened during Milan Design Week, focusing on discussions exploring girlhood, love, and sex education, reflecting the brand's interest in home-and-garden topics as well as fashion-and-beauty.
